Runners-Up, Non-professional

Submissions in the nonprofessional category ran the gamut: We received hundreds of sketches of built masterworks—both ancient and modern—found across the globe. Ninetieth and twentieth century buildings, particularly those designed by architects Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, Frank Gehry, and Antonio Gaudi, dominated the submissions. The diversity of submissions is reflected in the jury’s selections, which range from an impeccable rendering-like drawing of the Colosseum in Rome to an exquisitely simple sketch of Jeanne Gang’s Aqua Tower in Chicago.

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